Galway councillors to target campervans

Today's Sunday Times (p6) has an article which states that Fine Gael councillors in Galway "want to target campervans parked in public car parks and along the promenade in Salthill'. This is part of a campaign to introduce by-laws that will stamp out illegal camping in public areas. Ciaran Hayes, director of services in Galway city said " we did have an issue after the Volvo ocean race 2009 where the entire promenade was taken over by campervans and after that event we introduced the relevant by-laws to deal with that'. This article is actually dealing with the inability of the authorities to remove the 'Occupy' protesters from Eyre square.
Motorhomers are now being associated with protestors!
Nowhere in the article is it mentioned that any of these councillors mentioned the possibility of providing aire/stellplatz type facilities for motorhomers especially during large events such as the Volvo race. 6 sites down by the docks in Galway is hardly sufficient for the numbers of motorhomers now active in Ireland. Camping sites in Salthill have attracted a number of negative comments on websites for various reasons.
When are these local authorities going to realise that motorhomers are tourists and in the main, spend locally.
Methinks we are once more being associated with a certain so called minority ethnic group in some minds and not seen as staycationers helping the economy. If this seems like a rant.....it is!

It's not the police who clamp but private contractors, if you carried an angle grinder then why worry

In fairness salthill was chockoblock during the Volvo, it was a disgrace really.

However on a good note, anyone looking for salthill parking, Toffs carpark is open during low season, high season barriers in place but we park on the road outside of the swimming pool....its a wide road, dont go too near the parked lorry bodies as they do move them at odd times.